Before you start rolling your eyes and saying “another eco-documentary?” and then “and it’s about bottled water?”, bear with us. Sure, settling in to watch a film that focuses solely on bottled water sounds boring, but Tapped is anything but. The eco-doc investigates and explores all areas of bottled water and the results are in turn both shocking, appalling, and inspiring.

Brought to you from the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car, Tapped spills the goods on all the bad in the bottled water industry. Think you already know everything there is to know about why we shouldn’t be buying bottled water? You might not. Maybe you acknowledge the environmental issues of using petroleum to make the plastic and not recycling the bottles after (leaving them to linger for hundreds of years), but do you think about the carbon emissions that come from transporting the water from the facility where it’s bottled to your local store? What about the fact that bottled water is less regulated than tap in many cases, and is, in fact, tap water just without the pesky government monitoring. And that’s just the tip of the ice berg (or, in this case, the first sip of the bottle).

Believe it or not, Tapped is full of tense moments, intrigue, and even tear jerking scenes, and no matter your level of bottled water knowledge,you’re likely to walk away even more committed to banning the bottled stuff. When that happens, you can visit the Tapped website to get ideas on how you can take action. An easy one is to purchase (and religiously use) a reusable water bottle—they’re favorites are the ones from Klean Kanteen, who’ve always made BPA-free products and donate part of profits to charities. If you haven’t already picked one up, now’s the time.

Tapped is playing in very select cities now and will be be available on DVD in the near future. If it’s not playing in your city, at least check out the trailer (don’t be surprised if it gives you goosebumps).

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